REDEFINING QUALITY HAND-SANDED PAINTWORK, ‘TAKUMI’ CRAFTSMANSHIP The GS 450h completely redefines build quality for this kind of performance sedan. You’ll sense it when you first touch the precision-machined aluminium audio controls or beautifully stitched leatherwork. Or stroke the car’s gleaming paintwork. This is wet-sanded by hand after each foundation coat (a time-consuming process normally reserved for coach-built cars) and checked by eye as well as digitally to ensure a perfect finish. Equally impressive, the GS 450h’s steering wheel is painstakingly laminated from indigenous bamboo, hinting at the car’s unique environmental credentials. Built at our award-winning Tahara plant, on the same line as the LS flagship sedan, the entire GS production is overseen by Lexus ‘Takumi’ personnel. These master craftspeople rigorously check that every car meets our standards for smoothness, before each is taken for a final 30 km test drive.
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